BEMIDJI, Minn. – Riding a four-game unbeaten streak, the Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team returns to home ice this weekend for a Central Collegiate Hockey Association series with Lake Superior State University at Sanford Center.
 
The Beavers (5-4-1, 3-0-1 CCHA) return to their home rink winners of three of their last four games and have earned at least two points in each of their first four conference games.  BSU hosts the Lakers (3-4-1, 0-2-0 CCHA) for a two-game, league series beginning Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:07 p.m. Game two will follow Saturday at 6:07 p.m.
 
Each game will be exclusively streamed online at MidCo Sports Plus with the Beaver Radio Network providing play-by-play. Fans can also tune-in to the Beaver Radio Network broadcast for both games on the radio dial at 92.1 FM or online at www.beaverradionetwork.com.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• Bemidji State makes its return to the Sanford Center for the first time since Oct. 24-25 and returns home after the most successful road trip to Bowling Green, Ohio in program history.
• For the first time in program history, the Beavers earned four points on the road at Bowling Green State University last weekend dating back to the series start in 2011-12.
• The Beavers began the weekend with a shootout victory over the Falcons Friday night and then won in overtime Saturday to secure the program's first four-point weekend at BGSU.
• Junior Oliver Peer led the Beavers in scoring recording four points off a goal and three assists while senior Adam Flammang (2g-1a) and sophomore Hudson Thornton (1g-2a) each had three points.
• Thornton was named the CCHA Defenseman of the Week after his three-point weekend and recorded all three points in Saturday's 3-2 victory including scoring the game-winning overtime goal.
• Bemidji State holds a league-best nine points in conference play and are 3-0-1 against league opponents.
• Peer paces the Beavers with 12 points (5g-7a) in his first season playing NCAA DI Hockey after transferring from New Brunswick (USports).
• Flammang follows with 11 points (3g-8a) put he paces the team in points per game (1.38) after missing two games due to injury.
• Flammang has recorded a point in seven-of-eight games he's played and has two multi-point efforts.
• Peer has a point in eight-of-10 games played and is tied with freshman Max Namestnikov with three multi-point games this season.
• Flammang paces the Beavers with a five-game point streak (2g-4a) dating back to Oct. 11.
• Peer and Flammang both rank inside the top-20 in points in Division I this season with Peer tied for 16^th and Flammang tied for 19^th.
• Senior Reilly Funk leads the CCHA with 190 face-offs taken on the season and is third with a .505 winning percentage.
•  Thornton paces the Beavers' blueline with seven points (2g-5a) and is tied for the CCHA lead with 18 blocks in the defensive zone.
• Bemidji State is fourth in the CCHA averaging 3.30 goals per game and also rank fourth allowing 2.90 goals per game.
• The Beavers are fifth in the conference with a power-play percentage of .158 (6-of-38) and are coming off a 2-for-7 weekend at Bowling Green.
• The Beavers' penalty kill ranks seventh in the conference at .775 (31-of-40) but has not allowed a power-play goal against conference opponents this season and have killed off its last 12 opponent power plays.
• Bemidji State has split time in net between junior Raythan Robbins and freshman Max Hildebrand.
• Hildebrand has started six-of-10 games this season and is 3-3-0 with a 3.46 goals against average and .881 save percentage.
• Robbins is 2-1-1 with a 2.20 goals against average and .921 save percentage to rank sixth in the CCHA.
• Both have started two games against conference opponents and combine for a 1.92 GAA and .926 save percentage against CCHA opponents this season.
• The all-time series between the Lakers and Beavers is deadlocked with the all-time series record at 42-42-6.
• The home team has been slightly favored in the series with Bemidji State holding a 21-18-3 record at Sanford Center but LSSU holding a 22-20-3 record at Taffy Abel Arena.
• The teams met only once during the 2024-25 season and split their series in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
• Senior Kirklan Irey leads the team with seven career points (4g-3a) in nine games against the Lakers.
• Robbins has made two relief appearances against the Lakers and in 54:00 minutes, has stopped 19-of-20 shots (.950).
• 2025-26 is the 70th season of Beaver Hockey and its 27th season in Division I.
• Head Coach Tom Serratore is in his 25th season leading the Beaver Hockey program and is tied with Rico Blasi of University of St. Thomas as the most tenured coach in the CCHA.
• Serratore is the sixth-most tenured coach among active coaches in Division I and is ninth among active coaches with 408 career wins.
• He is an eight-time conference Coach of the Year and the second winningest coach in Beaver Hockey history (R.H. "Bob" Peters).
• Serratore returns a veteran group from the 2024-25 season as 18 skaters make their return to the squad while 10 newcomers look to make their green and white debut.
• Bemidji State returns seven of its 10 leading scorers from last season including top point-getter and 2025-26 captain, Kirklan Irey.
• Irey captains the Beavers during the 2025-26 season after he led the Beavers in points with 24 (11g-13a).
• Senior Reilly Funk also returns after finishing second on the team with 23 points and led the Beavers with 16 assists.
• The Beavers' most experienced group is their blueline returning five of their top seven defensemen from last season.
• BSU has an average of 59 games played between its seven returning blueliners.
• It's top returning point-getter from the blueline is sophomore Isa Parekh who totaled 18 points (3g-15a) and was a CCHA All-Rookie Team selection last year.
• He is followed by senior Patrik Satosaari who had 10 points (3g-7a) from the blue line while seniors Mitch Wolfe (2g-6a) and A.J. Macaulay (0g-2a) followed.
• Bemidji State returns 54-percent of its goals from last season led by Kirklan Irey (11), Reilly Funk (7) and Kasper Magnussen (7).
• The Beavers will have new faces in net following the graduation of Mattias Sholl who made 117 appearances during his collegiate career.
• Bemidji State's most experienced goaltender is junior Raythan Robbins who has played 171 minutes in his career.
• Also returning is sophomore Trent Wiemken who has yet to make an appearance while freshman and Western Hockey League (WHL) Goaltender of the Year Max Hildebrand will guard the net for the Beavers this season.
• The Beavers return nine forwards including eight from the senior or junior class.
• 10 newcomers were brought in for a total roster size of 28 (15-F, 10-D, 3-G).
• Vincent Labelle, Connor McClennon, Hudson Thornton, Vann Yuhas, Oliver Peer, Max Hildebrand, Max Vig, Ben Vigneault, Oscar Karlsson and Max Namestnikov all look to make their debut for Bemidji State this season.
• Three newcomers come from the USports league of Canada (Labelle, McClennon, Peer), one from the ECHL (Thornton), one NCAA transfer (Yuhas) and five from junior hockey leagues (Hildebrand-WHL, Vig-USHL, Vigneault-QMJHL, Karlsson-J20 Nationell, Namestnikov-OHL).
• Freshman Max Vig highlights the Beavers' newcomers after he was drafted 209th overall (7th Round) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He is the seventh Beaver to be drafted into the NHL and first since Eric Pohlkamp (2023).
• Vig joins Pohlkamp (fifth round - San Jose - 132nd), Radoslav Illo (fifth round - Anaheim - 136th), Chris Peluso (seventh round - Pittsburgh - 194th), Andrew Murray (eighth round - Columbus - 242nd), Gary Sargent (third round - Los Angeles - 48th) and Dale Smedsmo (seventh round - Toronto - 93rd) as Bemidji State NHL draft picks.
• Bemidji State's roster primarily consists of those hailing from Canada as 50-percent claim roots from our northern neighbors.
• 14 call Canada home while 11 are from the United States and three from Europe.
• Bemidji State has the most Canadians (14) on its team since the 2016-17 season.
• Irey is the 65th captain in Beaver Hockey history and is joined by Vince Corcoran, Adam Flammang and Mitch Wolfe who will serve as alternates.
• The Beavers were voted to finish sixth in the CCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll after garnering 54 points in the poll and Parekh was selected as a CCHA Preseason All-CCHA Team member.
• By average, Bemidji State is one of the smallest teams in Division I Men's Hockey tying with Lake Superior State, Mercyhurst and Quinnipiac with an average height of 5'11.6". 

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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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